I think if I was Spike Milligan, I'd rise up and haunt him all the days of his life.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Barrymore to play Spike Milligan

If there's one TV 'celebrity' that causes me gross irritation, it has to be this @rsehole.

I wouldn't watch him for free .......... talentless jerk!

I used to love Michael Barrymore, so good luck to him in the play!

I gave up on him when that chaps dead body was found in his swimming pool!

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I have nothing against Michael barrymore but people who portray comic genius' such as Spike Milligan just don't come across as funny. I can remember Paul Merton playing Hancock and others playing Peter Cook and Peter Sellers and it just wasn't funny. Spike and all the others, should be allowed to RIP.

i guess the sign of a true comic genius is to give the impression of not trying too hard to be funny-Spike Milligan achieved this in spades and could crack you up just by uttering one sentence in both his written work and his television performances-he always came across as a tortured soul and he suffered from depression for most of his adult life which added an edge to his work

if Barrymore wants to make a comeback, he should not do so by focusing on Spike

dave

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